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Product Description

After years of searching for the purest natural water in Scotland we discovered the Ballantruan Spring. For thousands of years this water has been flowing through the mountainside near Tomintoul. The Tomintoul Single Malt Whisky is a testament to our Master Distiller, Robert Fleming, whose family has been making Whisky in the Speyside Glenlivet region for four generations. Inspired by tradition, he has produced a Single Malt of unique quality, which is invitingly smooth and mellow. COLOUR: Amber Gold NOSE: Soft fruit to the fore. Hints of hazelnut and vanilla PALATE: Hallmark lightness embraces a capacious flavour of nutty malted barley that extends to an inkling of spice and complex oak traits FINISH: Velvety, at first, morphing into a picy finale. Display Tubes/Boxes: Display boxes subject to availability.

Product Specs

Alcohol by Volume40.0%
Country of OriginScotland
RegionSpeyside
UPC793049750202

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Awards & Scores

Critic reviews and blind-tasting competition results for this bottle.

What critics and judges wrote

Falstaff · November 2016
Starting off with a restrained aroma, fine notes of toffee, fresh fig and cereal are added with a little air. Notes of malt and spices can be found on the palate, with an increasingly nutty flavour on the medium-long finish.
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IWSC judges · Silver · 2024
Herbal and toffee nose. Palate is creamy and restrained yet palate reveals layers of caramel, with a gentle touch of elegant florals and honey. Clean, fresh finish with a delightful mix of sweetness and greenness.
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Show 7 more notes, 2018 to 2026
Bronze2026iwsc.net ↗
Fruity with notes of mandarin, nectarine, and peppermint. A sweet, chewy palate with hints of chocolate.
Silver · 90 pts2025iwsc.net ↗
A delightful abundance of apples layered with vanilla and spice. A soft richness of malt appears on a creamy textured palate. The finish is bright and zesty, with lingering notes of honey, pear, and a touch of leather.
Silver2022iwsc.net ↗
Richly aromatic with vanilla, nuts and hints of menthol. Creamy and integrated with a woody balance of lemon, spice and candy notes on the lingering finish.
Silver2021iwsc.net ↗
Delicate caramel with red berries and cucumber freshness. Green apples and sweet pear balanced lead on to a creamy hazelnut and malt finish.
Silver2020iwsc.net ↗
Ripe lemons, green apple and tinned fruit on the nose with more dried fruit, vanilla and toffee sweetness on palate. Well-balanced with great finesse.
Gold2019iwsc.net ↗
Think of freshly buttered toasted brioche with toffee sauce and caramel … It is creamy on the palate with a great array of flavours and nice long finish balanced by sour elements. A very well made and complex whisky.
Silver Outstanding2018iwsc.net ↗
A nose that gives pure toffee heaven with vanilla and soft sugars, poached pears and honey. A smooth palate is full of chopped walnuts, candied lemon rind and honey with a hint of fennel seed. A medium light sweet finish.
Distiller · Stephanie Moreno
Dried fruit, vanilla, and a touch of lemon peel emerge on the nose with those profiles deepening upon tasting. A small amount of char smoke, coconut, and mint materialize … The finish is orange zesty and spice filled.
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Whisky Advocate · John Hansell · 2004
It's a fragrant whisky too with a firm malty foundation, fruit gum drops and caramel. Subtle notes of almond and anise helped keep my interest, as did its soft, subtle wood spice finish. Very easy to drink too!
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World Whiskies Awards judges · Category Winner · 2021
Mashed banana on the nose, followed by some light citrus. On the palate things soften out a little with pine nuts and a crunch of honeycomb, leading in to a long and lingering finish.
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Wine Enthusiast · P.P. · June 2006
Palate entry is honey sweet and amiable, then at midpalate the taste profile accelerates into a semi-rich honey, maple-like flavor that's approachable and easy. … A solid introductory, medium-bodied, flowery/fruity Speyside malt.
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Competition medals

20 medals from 4 competitions, 2018 to 2026.

Tasting Notes

Flavor profile

How strongly each flavor family shows up across 17 notes from 8 publications, weighted by source.

  • Herbal & greennuances of pine needle, flowery, mint, as if afraid of its own shadow, dry bracken/heatherLight
  • Fruityfresh fig, fruity, fruit gum drops, dried fruit, lemon peelClear
  • Sweetfine notes of toffee, honeyed, honey sweet, semi-rich honey, maple-like flavorClear
  • Oak & maltcereal, malt, increasingly nutty flavour, freshness of the malt, sugar biscuitsClear
  • Smokea small amount of char smokeA hint
  • Spicespices, Subtle notes of anise, soft, subtle wood spice finish, spice filledLight

Flavor map

Tomintoul 16 Year Old against other Scotch whiskies we carry. Closer dots taste more alike.

← More delicateRicher →Less smokySmokier →Tomintoul 16 Year OldGlencadam 10 Year OldCompass Box Oak CrossThe GlenrothesBourbon CaskReserve

Closest Scotch whiskies at a similar price: Glencadam 10 Year Old ($69.98), Compass Box Oak Cross ($99.98), and The Glenrothes Bourbon Cask Reserve ($69.98).

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Each whisky's place on the map, from 0 to 10.

WhiskyRichSmokyPrice
Tomintoul 16 Year Old (this bottle)4.11.3$99.98
Glencadam 10 Year Old4.11.3$69.98
Compass Box Oak Cross4.11.2$99.98
Dewar's 12 Year Old4.01.4$19.97
Johnnie Walker High Rye4.21.4$39.98
Johnnie Walker Game of Thrones Limited Edition 'A Song of Ice'3.91.3$249.96
The Glenrothes Bourbon Cask Reserve4.31.4$69.98
The Glenlivet Caribbean Reserve4.41.2$34.97
Glen Grant 18 Year Old Rare Edition3.81.5$159.98
Glenkinchie 12 Year Old3.91.6$69.98
Glenlivet 15 Year French Oak Reserve4.51.1$89.97
Bladnoch 11 Year Old4.10.8$79.98
Lauder's4.11.8$19.97
Glenfarclas 10 Year Old3.61.2$69.98
Aberfeldy 12 Year Old4.50.9$29.97
Glenmorangie 'The Original' 12 Year Old4.50.9$44.98
Aberfeldy 16 Year Old4.31.9$129.98
Dewar's 15 Year Old4.81.2$24.97
Oban 2024 Natural Cask Strength 10 Year Old Special Release3.51.7$99.96
The Glenrothes Vintage Reserve4.40.6$199.96
Tullibardine 12 Year Old3.31.1$49.98
Tullibardine 'Artisan'3.50.7$32.98
Speyburn 10 Year Old4.50.5$34.98
The Glenlivet Double Oak 12 Year Old4.52.1$46.97
Glenfiddich 12 Year Old5.01.3$44.97
Glenmorangie 'Tusail' Private Edition4.22.2$149.96
The Glenlivet Jamaica Edition Treasure Beach Rum Cask 12 Year Old3.52.0$49.97

Flavor scores are our estimates. A flavor scores higher when more critics mention it and when they describe it more strongly, so no single review sets the result. They are not a rating from any publication.

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